I consider myself a "cracked engineer," as the term is used around here, and I'd like to add something that might be unpopular: there are cracked engineers who excel because they are lazy (Bill Gates was onto this). I'm very good at what I do because I aim to accomplish in two hours what others do in a typical eight-hour workday, or complete in two days what others spread over an entire week. Therefore, the biggest demotivator for me is when a company demands consistent daily performance. Being required to make daily pull requests or attend daily meetings... just let me work and wait for a cycle to complete, whether it's a two-week sprint or a two-month shape up. I'm lazy, but I'll get the necessary work done even better that was demanded. If it's an innovative environment, I'll even bring fresh and innovative ideas to the table without being asked. The key is not to pressure me.
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I consider myself a "cracked engineer," as the term is used around here, and I'd like to add something that might be unpopular: there are cracked engineers who excel because they are lazy (Bill Gates was onto this). I'm very good at what I do because I aim to accomplish in two hours what others do in a typical eight-hour workday, or complete in two days what others spread over an entire week. Therefore, the biggest demotivator for me is when a company demands consistent daily performance. Being required to make daily pull requests or attend daily meetings... just let me work and wait for a cycle to complete, whether it's a two-week sprint or a two-month shape up. I'm lazy, but I'll get the necessary work done even better that was demanded. If it's an innovative environment, I'll even bring fresh and innovative ideas to the table without being asked. The key is not to pressure me.